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The California Raisins
The California Raisins are a fictional claymation rhythm-and-blues band created in 1986 to advertise California raisins, best known for singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine."
The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory: American upscale casual dining chain founded by the Overton family, bakery 1972, first restaurant Beverly Hills 1978; NASDAQ CAKE, 368 company-owned restaurants, 250+ item scratch menu, 30+ cheesecakes.
The Chew
The Chew was an ABC daytime talk show (September 26, 2011 to June 15, 2018) hosted by Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, and Daphne Oz, replacing All My Children and later succeeded by a third hour of Good Morning America.
The Chicken Connoisseur
The Chicken Connoisseur is Elijah Quashie of Tottenham, London, whose YouTube series The Pengest Munch rates chicken shops' wings, fries, and burgers out of five; viral December 2016, then a book deal and the Channel 4 show Peng Life.
The Co-operative Group
The Co-operative Group (Co-op) is a British consumer-owned co-operative, roots 1844 and CWS 1863, formed by the 2000 CWS-CRS merger. It runs 2,300+ stores, supplies 5,600+ locations, and had £11bn revenue in 2025 despite a £107m cyber-attack impact.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) is an American specialty coffee and tea chain founded in 1963 by Herbert Hyman in Southern California, inventor of the Ice Blended drink, now 80% owned by Jollibee Foods with about 1,200 cafes in 24 markets and its global headquarters in Singapore.
The Delectable Negro
The Delectable Negro is Vincent Woodard's 2014 NYU Press study of cannibalism, hunger, and homoeroticism in US slave culture, published posthumously and winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary LGBT Studies Award.
The Eagle and Child
The Eagle and Child ("Bird and Baby") is a Grade II listed pub at 49 St Giles', Oxford, where the Inklings, including Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, met. Closed since 2020, it was bought by the Ellison Institute of Technology in 2023 and is being restored by Foster + Partners for a planned 2027 reopening.
The Famous Grouse
The Famous Grouse is a blended Scotch whisky brand created by Matthew Gloag & Son in Perth in the 1890s, Scotland's best-selling whisky since 1980, sold by Edrington to William Grant & Sons in July 2025.
The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck is Heston Blumenthal's three-Michelin-star restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, opened 16 August 1995 in a former pub. Known for multi-sensory molecular gastronomy, triple-cooked chips, and 2005 World's Best Restaurant recognition.
The Final Table
The Final Table is a 10-episode Netflix cooking competition that premiered November 20, 2018, hosted by Andrew Knowlton, in which 24 chefs in 12 teams cook dishes from nine countries for a panel of nine celebrity chefs; Timothy Hollingsworth won. Distinct from the JTBC drama Final Table.
The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks
The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks is a 1948 cocktail book by New York lawyer David A. Embury, described as the seminal work on cocktails.
The French Laundry
The French Laundry is Thomas Keller's three-Michelin-star tasting-menu restaurant in Yountville, Napa Valley, opened 1994 in a former steam laundry, known for Oysters and Pearls, its three-acre garden, and scarce $425-plus prepaid reservations.
The Glenlivet distillery
The Glenlivet distillery, founded 1824 by George Smith in the Livet valley of Speyside, Scotland, first licensed distiller in the parish, trademarked "The" Glenlivet in 1884, now owned by Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard) with light lantern-still single malt.
The Great American Baking Show
The Great American Baking Show is the American spinoff of The Great British Bake Off, an amateur baking competition judged by Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, filmed in the UK tent, run on ABC 2015-2020 and Roku 2023-2026, cancelled by Roku in 2026.
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is a Love Productions amateur baking competition begun on BBC Two in 2010, moved to Channel 4 in 2017, with Signature, Technical, and Showstopper challenges, judged by Paul Hollywood and now Nigella Lawson.
The Great Canadian Baking Show
The Great Canadian Baking Show, also known internationally as The Great Canadian Bake Off, is CBC's 2017 adaptation of The Great British Bake Off: 10 amateur bakers, Signature, Technical and Show Stopper rounds, Proper Television production, judges Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley.
The Great Food Truck Race
The Great Food Truck Race is a Food Network reality competition, debuting August 2010 and hosted by Tyler Florence, in which food truck teams sell food city to city for a $50,000 grand prize; produced by Critical Content.
The Halal Guys
The Halal Guys: American halal fast-casual chain founded 1990 in NYC by Egyptian immigrants Abouelenein, Elsaka, and Elsayed; began as a 53rd and 6th hot dog cart serving Muslim cab drivers, famous for chicken-over-rice platters and white sauce.
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), founded 1894 by Milton Hershey, is a leading North American chocolate and confectionery maker; brands include Hershey's, Reese's, and Kisses; 2025 net sales were $11.69 billion amid a record cocoa price shock.
The J.M. Smucker Company
The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM), founded 1897 in Orrville, Ohio, is a branded food maker owning Smucker's, Jif, Folgers, Uncrustables, Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, and Hostess, with $9.1 billion fiscal 2026 net sales.
The Joy of Painting
The Joy of Painting is the American PBS instructional series hosted by Bob Ross (1983–1994, 403 episodes, 31 seasons), teaching wet-on-wet landscape oil painting in half-hour episodes; distinct from later Bob Ross-branded streaming channels and books.
The Laughing Cow
The Laughing Cow (La Vache qui rit) is Bel Group's French processed cheese brand, trademarked by Léon Bel in 1921, sold as foil-wrapped triangular wedges in 136 countries with about 110 recipes.
The Most Interesting Man in the World
The Most Interesting Man in the World is Dos Equis' advertising character, played by Jonathan Goldsmith 2006-2016 and revived in 2026, created by Havas Worldwide with the tagline "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."
The Next Iron Chef
The Next Iron Chef is a Food Network cooking competition (2007) hosted by Alton Brown, in which ten professional chefs compete for an Iron Chef seat on Iron Chef America; winners include Michael Symon, Jose Garces, Marc Forgione, and Geoffrey Zakarian.
The Noid
The Noid is Domino's Pizza's 1986 claymation anti-mascot from the "Avoid the Noid" campaign, created by Group 243 and Will Vinton Studios, retired after a 1989 hostage incident by Kenneth Lamar Noid, and revived in 2021.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006) is Michael Pollan's food-systems investigation tracing four meals, industrial, organic, pastoral, and foraged, through the American food chain, famous for showing corn's dominance of the diet; NYT Ten Best Books and James Beard winner.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, founded in Atlanta in 1983 by William B. Johnson and owned by Marriott International since 1995-1997, is a luxury hotel brand with 126 hotels, 32,279 rooms, nine Reserve properties, and the Gold Standards service culture.
The Smith's Snackfood Company
The Smith's Snackfood Company, also Smith's Chips, is PepsiCo's Australian snack manufacturer founded in 1931 in Sydney; it makes Crinkle Cut chips, Twisties, and Red Rock Deli, and leads Australia's salty snack market.
The Wendy's Company
The Wendy's Company (Nasdaq: WEN), Dublin, Ohio-based owner of the Wendy's burger chain founded by Dave Thomas in 1969; over 7,000 restaurants, second-largest U.S. burger QSR until Burger King overtook it in 2026 amid sales declines and restaurant closures.